Contributors will write and report on the sports-entertainment company, ESPN said in a press release.

The move is a big step toward expanding ESPN's coverage of WWE, which in the past year has been working with the wrestling juggernaut to gain exclusive content.

In March 2015, Brock Lesnar, the former UFC world heavyweight champion, announced on "SportsCenter" — ESPN's flagship program — that he would end his career as a mixed-martial-arts fighter and return to WWE.

WWE's addition to ESPN also comes as the wrestling company looks to align its brand with national sports leagues that are widely covered by the channel.

But, as the wrestling blog Cageside Seats notes, the network's wrestling coverage may draw ire from sports fans who often criticize wrestling for being choreographed and having predetermined storylines and outcomes.

"We'll see how the so-called Sports Leader expands their coverage of our beloved pastime ... and sit back and enjoy athletic purists raging about sports entertainment polluting their pool," Sean Rueter wrote on the site.